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As a creative professional, your work is not just a product; it’s your intellectual property, your art, and your livelihood. Protecting your creative assets is essential, and this goes beyond copyrights and trademarks. The thing is, there’s one crucial area of the law that often gets overlooked but can make
As an independent business owner, your original content creations are unique and an extended expression of your talent and passion. However, in the vast world of creativity, there are both admirers and those with ill intent who may try to take credit for your hard work without asking for permission.
In today’s knowledge-based economy, your intellectual property (IP) plays a crucial role in the success and growth of your business. Protecting your intellectual assets becomes increasingly important in our ever-expanding digital world. In this blog post, we’ll talk about the importance of registering your IP, the benefits you get from
World Book & Copyright Day takes place on April 23 annually, 3 days prior to World Intellectual Property Day on April 26th. It is worth noting that books, whether printed or digitally published, contain text which is protected under copyright. If those books also contain illustrations, those drawings are also
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” – “Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare When Juliet utters these words to her Romeo, it is because she is questioning naming conventions. I did the same as I sat in the
We are entering what is known as Hiatus Season in the entertainment industry. This is when businesses slow down and creators have the opportunity to dust off passion projects or work on that script they keep meaning to get to. Want to use your downtime wisely? Morin Legal has some
What Are Trade Secrets? Oxford dictionary defines trade secrets as: A secret device or technique used by a company in manufacturing its products. To dive in deeper, trade secrets are intellectual properties (IP) that include formulas, practices, processes, designs, instruments, patterns, or compilations of information that have inherent economic or
Trademarks are one of the four types of intellectual property (IP). The others are: Patents Copyrights Trade Secrets Today we are looking closely at trademarks, but if you’re interested in learning about other forms of IP, you can read more here. What Is A Trademark? Trademarks protect words, slogans, and/or
We have been following public attempts to ban books which discuss sexuality and/or gender identity, including books about the Holocaust (see Maus), in the United States over the past year. Before, efforts were focused on children, pre-K to elementary school; however now, politicians in the state of Virginia want to
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We have all heard this time and again, but does it hold water in the legal profession? In the case of Marvel comic artists, it might. Lesser known artists and writers have been speaking out in recent times as Disney
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